This article presents the mechanisms that Visual Studio provides to support the team enacting an Agile process, primarily with Team Foundation Server (TFS). TFS captures backlogs, workflow, status and metrics of Scrum projects. This guides the users to the next appropriate actions. TFS also helps ensure the “done-ness” of work so that the team cannot accrue technical debt without warning and visibility.

This blog post provides an objective side-by-side comparison of the MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0 and the Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 process templates.